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Forming an Idea for a Course

#Core Task I too find this Jessica's journey inspiring. I love how she just started and made adjustments along the way. She's clearly passionate and enjoying what she does. I feel pretty certain that I don't want to be too active on social media, though I am thinking about how to build at least a minimal online presence of some sort.

I'm still trying to narrow down what I'd like to teach. I think, for students who love reading and want to improve their conversational English, which is one profile I know I resonate with and feel fairly confident about, I have an idea. I want at least one course that revolves around discussion of what someone's reading (or has read), as a cornerstone of conversation. It could include:

Discussion of plot, with a slight focus on tense/time in relating a story.
Character analysis, for adjectives and other descriptive practice.
Personal thoughts about the book, characters, and author, to practice giving opinions.
Perhaps some simple writing could be integrated.
Deep reading of a key passage or chapter, etc.

I have other ideas too about possible mini-courses I'd like to do. I'm also very interested in how to teach listening more effectively. But this idea is probably the one with the most shape in my mind at the moment.

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